Telephone-receiver.



W. H. RIESS.

TELEPHONE RECEIVER. APPHCATION FILED 1AM.29,1917.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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WILI-lIAM rr. Brass, or CINCINNATL; 01:10.1 1

TELEPHONE-RECEIVER...

To all whom it may concernr' g B" it known that I, VVILLLAM H. Rmss,

a citizen of the United States, residing at p v p g p g partly broken away, the receiver shown howthe city of Cincinnati, inthe county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have lnvented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone-Receivers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention, is to provide a telephone receiver which will, when taken of? of the switch hook or hanger and placed upon some object, as a table, board, shelf or the like, always lieor assume a position that the mouth or trumpet end thereof will be up or openand free to emit sound, when 7 the telephone exchange wants'td give notice to the user that his receiver isofi' of r the switch or hook.

The telephone user cannot be reached by the exchange if his receiver is resting mouth downupon a surface, as the sound is cut oil and consequently, notice cannot be given,

causing an expense to the telephone company on account of usage of electric current and preventing the company from reaching the patron, who has cutoff his telephone and rendered it inoperative for the time being.

The object of my invention is to overcome these objections and form and construct the receiver in such a manner, that when said receiver is laid down it will always right itself or tip so that the mouth or trumpet end of the receiver will be exposed and open. I accomplish this by weighting and peculiarly forming the receiver so that it will always assume an upright position when laid down so that the mouth or trumpet end will always be exposed.

It is also, if desired, so constructed at the mouth or trumpet end'that, if it is placed fiat with the'mouth end on the object on which it is resting, it will assist in tilting the sameto an upright position.

In the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification: V

Figure 1, is a front elevation of a telephone instrument with my improved receiver hanging on the switch hook, or lever, Fig. 2, isa similar view except that it is broken away and the receiver is hanging downward instead of extending outward, as

in Fig. 1, V

Fig. 3, is a plan view looking at mouth of receiver, the receiver shown however being "1 and 2, Y:

Specification of Letters Patent. V Patented Dec; 1918 Application fi led January 29, 1917. Serial No. 145,159.

of a different form fro" Fig. 4, asection on line of 1g. 3,

ever being of a different form from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

Fig. 5, is aview in elevation of my new telephone-receiver, beinghowever of a diffe ren'tfo rm from that shown in the other figures and V .i Fig. 6', is a view in elevation-of the receiverstanding. on .aflat surface, dotted lines showing it ,lying on its side, before it has assumed an upright" position, and being of a form combiningthefeatures of thereceive r", shown in Figs-'1 and'5.

The telephone instrument is marked 1, the cut out or switch hook 2, the receiver 3 and the wires on the receiver 4, the mouth piece of the receiver is 5 and the base or 1 that shownin'Figs'. l

It will be noticed that the receiver is widest and largest at the mouth part and tapers downward in cone shape to base 6 where it is weighted, the weight being designated by numeral 13, (see particularly Fig. 5.) r

I also provide on the receiver, cut away parts as 30; these parts may be formed rounded, fiat or wedge shaped or they may be of any other desired contour so that the receiver may be quickly and conveniently hung up on the switch lever or cutout, and if this cutout or switch is of any other form than herein shown the receiver may be so shaped, as may also the projections, that they will be best adapted to coact therewith.

The projections 7 and 8 assist in tilting V the receiver 3 inasmuch as the said receiver cannot be placed down on the mouth end flat, so they assist in tilting said receiver to an upright position and at the same time act as hangers for suspending the receiver at any angle desired on the switch hook 2; it will be also noted that even if the receiver 3 did not tilt to an upright position, theprojections would. still keep the trumpet end or mouth open to emit sound. and give notice to the user thatthe receiver is-ofi' of the switch hook;

The receiver may be made of any desired with or separately and may beof'any material.

10 In Figs. 1 and 2 part 8 is not shown,'as in these figures. a part v is shown, which answers the double purpose of a' hanger and also assists .in holding the receiver mouth oflz' of. the. object upon which the 1 1 5 receiver .is'resting," and "part 7 is not shown "in Fig; '3, as" in this figure I show part 8.

I ,dornot show parts 7 and Sin Fig. 5, as-

in this figure it is not necessary to show them, as the receiver can be tilted without L them on accounto'f the peculiar shape given to the receiver and part 8 is not shown in Fig. 6, as practically the same receiver is "shown as'is illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2. Lil-Ih'e' construction and shape of my telephone receiver enables the user to handle it more readily and conveniently, in either "taking the same off or placing it on the handled more rapidly. i

What I claim as new and my invention and desire to secure by Letters, Patent is:

switch or cut out and it canalso be held at the ear more satisfactorily and can be' v -1. A telephone receiver peculiarly shaped I and weighted'rendering it capable of automatically assuming a position that the mouth end thereof will always be exposed, when said receiver is laid down.

2. A telephone receiver weighted rendering the same capable, when laid down,'of automatically assuming a predetermined position that the mouth of said receiver will always be exposed. V r

- Witness my hand at Cincinnati, Ohio, January. 26, 1917. j

' WILLIAM H; RIESS.

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